IJETEV1I2A002 – ART INTEGRATION- A CROSS-CULTURAL APPROACH TO TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY

ABSTRACT – Integration of art is an innovative teaching learning approach through which the concepts can be taught and evaluated equitably in and through art. Due to the variety of implementation methods, arts integration is complicated. There is no one right way to include arts into the classroom, and the planning and implementation of art integration can be creative work in and of itself. The degree to which the arts can be incorporated into the curriculum varies; it may be done on a daily to monthly basis, with the discussion of a historical piece of art, or it may be done more complexly, with the inclusion of a hands-on art project to support the students’ active learning. Additionally, because instructors traditionally have more opportunity in how much time they spend with their kids, arts integration is more likely to start in the elementary grades. To meet the demands of pupils in the 21st century, art integration is marketed as a potent educational strategy. Teaching through arts can assist students to conceive, create, and express their understanding about themselves, their communities, and about the wider world. Teachers must balance the arts and non-arts learning and curriculum areas in a co-equal, cognitive manner of integration, and they must focus on investigating common concepts in the classroom. The present chapter is dealing with art integration and its elements and importance, art integrated pedagogy and its integration in the classroom, implementation of art integration at different levels of education, strategies for imparting art education and tools and practices for the assessment of learning through the integration of art into the curriculum.